Job   
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18:1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
18:2"When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
18:3Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
18:4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
18:5"The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
18:6The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
18:7The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.
18:8His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into its mesh.
18:9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
18:10A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
18:11Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
18:12Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
18:13It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs.
18:14He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
18:16His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
18:17The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.
18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
18:19He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
18:20Men of the west are appalled at his fate; men of the east are seized with horror.
18:21Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who knows not God."
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